Hunting with 243

I have an opportunity to use my friends 243 caliber rifle, for a hunting trip I have coming up. I will be trying to get that HUGE Florida buck. I won't be shooting anything over 150 yards. I'm just wondering if anybody hunts with that caliber and how you like it. How high or low it OS at a 100 yards. I will definitely take it to the range before I go hunting with it. I believe it's a Winchester but could be a marlin not sure, I know its lever action with I think a 5 round magazine. Thanks!

I have an opportunity to use my friends 243 caliber rifle, for a hunting trip I have coming up. I will be trying to get that HUGE Florida buck. I won't be shooting anything over 150 yards. I'm just wondering if anybody hunts with that caliber and how you like it. How high or low it OS at a 100 yards. I will definitely take it to the range before I go hunting with it. I believe it's a Winchester but could be a marlin not sure, I know its lever action with I think a 5 round magazine. Thanks!

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Savage bolt is my hunting rifle. .243 is great for our Hill Country White Tails. I sight my guns about an inch high at 50 yards and they are "hunting" spot on , for me, at most any range to 200 yards.

Winchester Model 88 was chambered in .243 Win. I can think of no Marlin lever action rifles chambered in .243 Win.

A 6mm diameter, 100 gr projectile, moving at 2,700+ fps, fired out of a necked-down .308 piece of brass at ranges less than 150 yards should kill white-tailed deer quite will IF the projectile is placed where it will do the most good.

Winchester Model 88 was chambered in .243 Win. I can think of no Marlin lever action rifles chambered in .243 Win.

A 6mm diameter, 100 gr projectile, moving at 2,700+ fps, fired out of a necked-down .308 piece of brass at ranges less than 150 yards should kill white-tailed deer quite will IF the projectile is placed where it will do the most good.

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The Win Mod 88 in .243 is something Ive always wanted, but out of my price range, anyway the few that I've seen for auction are, I have a Mod 88 in .284, and it's an accurate rifle, a .243 Mod 88 might even be better,

At any rate the .243 is more than capable of doing the job, especially on those monster FLA deer, shot placement is always mentioned when someone is asking if a particulare cal. is enough gun, shot placement concern should be a given for any hunter, with any ethics at all, after large game, regardless of calibre or game in question,

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